Door-operating device.



T. P. LALLANGE. DOOR OPERATING DEVICE. .grrmouxon mum 111:0. 7, 1910.

P gtemged May 23, 1911.-

Inventor Attorneys THEODORE P. LALLANCE, OF HUNTING-TON, WEST VIRGINIA.

DOOR-OPERATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1910. Serial No. 596,078.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE P. LAL- LANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of West Virginia, have invented a form of a tool adapted to be held and adj usted by the operator and placed in engagement both with the car structure and with the door so that, when shifted by the operator, the door will be moved into either open or closed position.

A further object. is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, is easy to manipulate, and which will operate effectually to perform the work intended.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a car and showing the device in position for use in opening the car door. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the device, only a small portion of the handle being shown. Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a section on line A-B Fig. 2, the spring being removed and only a portion of the bit being shown. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of a modified form of device.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a tapered ferrule into which a handle 2 of wood or the like is inserted, this ferrule being provided, adj acent its large end, with outstanding ears 8 be-- tween which is pivoted an arm 4. Said arm is provided, at its free end, with oppositely disposed prongs 5 diverging in the direction of the ferrule 1, said prongs cooperating to form an arrow head at the free end of the arm. An ear 6 extends from the ferrule adjacent its small end and is connected to arm a by means of a spring 7, this spring serving to hold the arm normally at apredet'ermined angle to the ferrule. A bit 8 is driven into that portion of the handle 2 located within the small end portion of the ferrule, the outer end of this bit being pointed, as indicated at 9, and there being an arm 10 extended from the bit and provided, at its free end, with prongs 11, these prongs diverging in the direction of the bit and cooperating to form an arrow head upon the arm 10. The two arms 4 and 10 extend in opposite directions.

In using the tool for the purpose of open.

ing the car door, the point 9 of the bit is ment with the door D. By then using the point of the bit as a fulcrum and swinging Patented May 23, 1911.

the handle 2 away from the door, the door will be drawn by the arm 4 and the prong thereon engaging the door. ment of the parts has been illustrated in Fig. 1. To close the door, it is merely neces sary to reverse the device so that, when the handle 2 is swung, the arm 4 and the door engaging prong 5 thereon, will pull the door to closed position. If preferred, one of the prongs 11 may be employed as the fulcrum of the device when itis impossible to utilize the point 9.

By utilizing spring 7 arm 1 is held yieldingly at a predetermined angle to the ferrule of the device and will not drop downwardly out of operativeposition: Said spring will, however, permit any necessary movement of the arm away from theferrule during the actuation of the door.

Instead of employing a spring such as indicated at 7 a leaf spring, shown at 11 in Fig. 5, may be provided, this spring being securedbetween the ears 3 and bearing upwardly against the arm 4.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described including a ferrule, a bit extending therebeyond, an arm integral with the bit, an arm piv- This arrange otally connected to' the ferrule, and prongs 2 upon the arms and extended in the direction of the ferrule said arms extending in opposite directions.

2. A device of the class described including a ferrule, a bit extending therebeyond,

an arm integral with the bit, an arm piv otally connected to the ferrule, and prongs ferrule, and a spring for controlling the upon each of said arms, all of said prongs movement of the pivoted arm. diverging in the direction of the ferrule. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 3. A device of the class described includmy own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 5 ing it flerrple, handle, a extrindiroilg blein the presence of two Witnesses.

yonc tie erru e, an arm 1n egra W1 1 tie bit, prongs upon the free end of the arm and THEODORE LALLANOE' diverging in the direction of the bit an arm Witnesses: pivotally connected to the ferrule, prongs IRA P. WOODWORTH, 10 thereon and diverging in the direction of the JOHN C. G'EIGER.

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